Social Frame is a Cinema 4D plugin designed to help users visualize and adjust multiple aspect ratios for a single render, streamlining the process of preparing images for various social media platforms. It allows artists to render once and crop for different formats without re-rendering, saving significant time and ensuring optimal framing for every output.

Key Features

Drag-and-drop tag workflow Easily apply aspect ratio guides to your scene.

• Simple to use with intuitive tagging
• Quickly add or remove guides as needed

Visualize multiple modern social media crops Preview how your render will look in various social media formats.

• Supports multiple aspect ratios (square, vertical, horizontal)
• Ensures content is framed correctly for each platform

Masking to show crops clearly Masks highlight crop boundaries for accurate visualization.

• Clearly see what will be included in each crop
• Reduces mistakes in final outputs

Automatically adjusts FOV Maintains your intended framing when switching aspect ratios.

• Camera field of view auto-adjusts to new ratios
• No need to manually tweak camera settings

Square mode Visualize multiple crop variations on a single square image.

• Useful for platforms favoring square content
• Efficient for batch social media preparation

Output to Takes Render multiple cropped images directly from Cinema 4D.

• Create takes for each aspect ratio
• Use C4D tokens to label and organize outputs

Benefits

Save rendering time Render once and crop for all social media needs.

• Eliminates the need for multiple renders
• Speeds up delivery to clients

Consistent framing across platforms Maintain creative intent across all output formats.

• Ensures all crops match the original vision
• Reduces risk of off-center or poorly framed posts